Pakistan’s Intensified Countermilitancy Push: Real Deal or False Hope

Date: Tuesday, April 02 2015, 3:00 p.m. – 4:30 p.m
Speakers:
Zahid Hussain, Former Pakistan Scholar
Location:5th Floor, Woodrow Wilson Center

Event Summary

After the terrorist attack on an army-run school in Peshawar in December 2014, Pakistan vowed to step up efforts to combat militancy, and to eliminate its policy of distinguishing between “good” and “bad” militants. Some observers, however, are skeptical that lasting progress will be made. More than three months later, what has been done? Has there been success? Why or why not? Pakistani journalist and security specialist Zahid Hussain will provide an evaluation of Pakistani’s countermilitancy efforts since last December.